13 Reasons Bran Is The Worst Character On Game Of Thrones

In an interview with an Australian radio show, Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn (aka Hodor) revealed that his character and that of his perennial companion, Bran, would not be returning for the show’s fifth season (though they will likely be back for later seasons, once the storyline catches up with that of the books). While the true GoT nerds wailed and gnashed their teeth, the AskMen office broke out into a spontaneous round of applause. We’ve never really liked that little snot Bran — as one of our editors phrased it, “No face on TV is more slappable than Bran’s when he starts warging.”

If you’ve been fooled into thinking that Bran’s departure is bad news, we’re here to remind you that it’s not. It’s great news. All he ever did was screw things up around Westeros, anyway. Here are some of our worst Bran memories, presented here in celebration of not having to anticipate any new ones.

1. Snooty little Bran ruins Cersei and Jamie's reunion with his snooping around. Then miraculously forgets what he saw when everyone else needs to know.2. Always waits to warg at the last possible second. Jesus, kid...can’t you see all hell is breaking loose?

3. He’s the only guy in Westeros with the audacity to try to cross a bowl cut and a mullet.

4. Obsessively goes after a mystical three-eyed crow, negligently ignoring every more pressing issue along the way.

5. Tells everyone what to do; can’t do anything himself.

6. Lazily pigeonholes Hodor as the guy to carry him around, even though Summer is more than capable.

7. Idly sits by as his direwolf attacks Jon Snow near the broken castle.

8. Makes warging — the coolest power ever — seem lame.

9. Has useless prophetic dreams that no one understands and done nothing to prevent a massive war.

10. Has a voice that annoyingly cracks, despite only being 7 years old.

10. Enhances general boringness of the show by magically attracting other boring characters.

11. Drags everyone over the wall into the freezing cold without telling anybody why the hell they have to go. Thanks, Bran.

12. Gets paralyzed doing the exact thing his mom repeatedly warned him not to do.